Fishing-fly book



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T. H. OHUBB.

FISHING FLY BOOK.

No. 399,597 Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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T. H. GHUBB.

FISHING FLY BOOK.

No. 399,597. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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THOMAS HENRY CIIUBB, OF POST MILL VILLAGE, VERMONT.

FISHING-FLY BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,597, dated March 12, 1889.

A plication filed Augus 31, 1888. Serial No. 284,256. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY CHUBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Post Mill Village, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Fisheri'nens Flies; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Much difficulty has been experienced in conveniently, effectively, and cheaply securing fly-hooks upon display-cards, or upon cards, leaves, or in books for the use of anglers.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a new and especially convenient means for this purpose which shall be simple and easy of construction, inexpensive, which shall effectively secure the hook in such manner as to properly hold, preserve from injury, and display the fly, and from which the lat ter may be instantly detached without the delay or annoyance caused by the entanglement of the barb orsnell with the supporting-leaf or with the other flies or snells.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, I have shown. .in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into eifect.

In said drawings, Figure l is a front view of a card and Fly-retaining devices embodyin g my invention. Figs. 9 and 3 are sectional views on lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of l ig. l. Fig. l is a sectional view showing on an enlarged scale a means for securing the retaining prings. Fig. 5 isafaceviewofanother means for carrying my invention into effect. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of another form of retaining-sprin Fig. 8 illustrates another form of snell-holdin device.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the supporting card or leaf upon which the flyhooks are to be carried. This leaf maybe made of any suitable material-pasteboard, leather, leather-inc, parchl'nei'lt, etc. I find pasteboard of moderate stiffness to be well adapted for the purpose. The cards may be separate from each other and laid face to face for purposes of packing or to protect the flies; or the cards may be hinged together, so as to fold in any desired manner, or they may constitute the leaves of a pocket-book, with flannel between them.

B is a strip, conveniently of sheet metal, which forms a series of sockets, b, and is secured firmly to the card A, as by rivets b, or by eyelets, or by inserting the ends of the strip through the card and bending them down upon its back, as indicated at b in Fig. 7, where the part 0, hereinafter described, is thus secured.

The sockets Z), above referred to, are adapted to retain the points of the fly-hooks.

At a suitable distance from the strip B, ac cording to the length of the snell, are firmly secured to the card an appropriate number of yielding spring retaining-fingers, c, beneath which, from one side, the snell is adapted to be passed. The fingers 0 correspond in number and position with the sockets I). They may be formed in any suitable and convenient manner, in Fig. 1 being shown as formed of spiral-spring sections, in Figs. 5 and 6 as struck out from the finger carrier or holder 0 and bent up therefrom, in Fig.7 being formed by plaiting the carrier bodily, and in Fig. 8 by separate pieces provided with arms 0, which surround and obtain a firm hold upon the carrier. The ends of the spring-fingers may be curved or bent slightly upward, as indicated at 0 The retaining-fingers may be secured to the card by various means. ries or holds them is indicated at C. In Figs. 1 to 4 this carrier is in the form of an eyelet inserted in the card and grasping the springsections by their middles, Fig. 4. This construction enables each spring-section to form two retaining-springsone on each side of the card-and the latter, being provided, also, on each side with sockets 7), (see Fig. 2,) will form two pages for the reception of flies.

In filling the card with fiy-hooks the point of the hook is first inserted in one of the sockets b, the snell drawn taut, and then passed laterally between the end of the corresponding spring-finger, c, at the other end of the card. The finger yields for this purpose, but retains a firm hold upon the snell. As many flies as there are sockets are thus placed upon the card.

As the sockets I) are formed above the sur- The part which car-- face of the card A, the hooks, While their points rest in the sockets, lie parallel with and flat upon the card, thus displaying the fly and enabling it to be protected by any superposed card or leaf.

Any fly Which it may be desired to examine or to use may be readily detached ithout becoming entangled With or disturbing the others.

I do not in this application claim the combination, with the leaf, of a holder for the point of the hook and a spring retaining-finger operating toward the face of the card to hold the free end of the snell; nor do I in this application claim, specifically, the modifications shown in Fig. 5, 6, 7, or 8, such matters being the subject of my pending application, No. 300,329, filed February 18, 1889.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The herein-described fly-hook-securing device, consisting of the combination, With the card or leaf having means for retaining the hooks, of the coiled spring retaining-fingers having the end of the coil standing out at substantially right angles to the surface of said card, and the base of the coil secured to the card.

2. The combination, with the card or leaf, of the two coiled-spring fingers passing through the card secured thereto and projecting from opposite sides of the same.

3. The combination, with the card or leaf, of the strip B, having the raised sockets b, for holding the points of the fly-hooks, and the eyelets having the corresponding coiled-spring fingers, 0, operating toward the face of the card for retaining the snells, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the card or leaf having suitable means for holding the free ends of the snells, of the strip B, having raised sockets b, for holding the points of the hooks,

and spaces or recesses intermediate between said sockets. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS HENRY- OHUBB. Witnesses:

E. T. HART, O. A. ADAMS. 

